diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c b/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
index ace8772a4f03..632ecd010a4f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-daemon.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@
 #include <sys/signalfd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <poll.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <time.h>
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"